Tag Archives: patient safety

Effective Teaching and Effective Care — The Yin & Yang Of An Attending Physician

Posted on February 23, 2016 by DR MERL Reviews

Teaching Effectiveness: This retrospective study correlated measures of attending workload, such as census and the number of admissions and discharges, with resident evaluations of the attending and patient outcome measures. Mean census and the number of discharges were correlated with … Continue reading →

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The Implicit (“Hidden”) Curriculum Isn’t All Bad

Posted on June 2, 2015 by DR MERL Reviews

   Researchers interviewed third-year pediatric residents from 3 academic institutions on their sources of learning regarding the six Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) focus areas:  patient safety, quality, transitions, supervision, fatigue management, and professionalism.  For each area, residents were asked how … Continue reading →

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Mnemonic Device Mitigates Medical Errors

Posted on December 2, 2014 by DR MERL Reviews

    A recent, multi-institutional study evaluated changes in medical errors at nine pediatric residency training programs after implementation of a robust handoff training curriculum.  The intervention included seven different elements focused on resident and faculty education centered on the I-PASS … Continue reading →

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Teaching Patient Safety

Posted on November 6, 2014 by DR MERL Reviews

 A three-day patient safety course was added to the curriculum of third year-students just prior to their clinical clerkships.  The course content included items such as causes of errors and quality improvement; teamwork and error-reporting; self-regulation and clerkship ethics; and … Continue reading →

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The (Lack Of) Safety Culture

Posted on June 1, 2013 by DR MERL Reviews

Fourth-year medical students, reflecting on their medicine and surgery clerkships, report a depressingly low impression of the safety culture they observed.  More than half of students reported a negative perception of the overall safety culture, physician-to-physician handoffs, punitive responses to … Continue reading →

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